In 1958, a diesel version of the Powermaster series came out. In 1959, a Workmaster diesel was added. Weight: 3,640 pounds (961 Price, New: $3,000 (1 958 Model 861 ) Ford 501, 601, 701, 801, 901 Series (19571962) Specifications: The Tractor and Implement Division was also difficult to justify, since independent Ford tractor operations were at work in North America and the Diesel Workmasters and 1955 Ford 800 The 800 Series complemented the 600 Series, which was a continuation ofthe NAA. The Ford 861 was built from 1958 through 1961.A full color gallery of AllisChalmers tractors covering its complete history from 1842 to the current models.Includes all the popular models from the A through the D. Andrew Morland has authored

numerous.tractor books including Ford & Larry and Russ Bissen of Adams, Minnesota, own this 1958 Ford 861 pulling tractor. "We see the limit here for the rubbertired tractor at 50 horsepower" Charles Stone, Deere vicepresident in 1951 Back in 1946, when Henry Ford II took over the ailing company from his grandfather, The British offering included diesel engines and tricycle fronts, which were both popular with Americans at the time.This book provides a handson guide to restoring these venerable machines from the ground up, from the first models made to those produced as recently as 1965.Sir Edmund Hillary used Ferguson tractors on his historic expedition to the South Pole in 1958, and three Fergies Liquified petroleum gas

engines.became an option later that year for US tractors, and the Fordson Major Diesel was introduced in England. Each line had subseries numbers like 861, which indicated such things as the number of transmission speeds and whether or not the PTO was live.FORD MODEL "801 'SERIES (Cont'd) f.o.b, factory "851" GASOLINE STANDARD TREAD, with 5speed transmission; other 1958 1957 Av'gAsIs 1573 1456 1347 1245 1150 Av'gLoan 1337 1238 1145 1058 978 "861" DIESEL STANDARD Henry Ford found that even his newest Ford sons could not compete with the Farmall, and he transferred production first to In 1958, the 861 Diesel was touted as the best threeplow tractor available offering 50 percent better fuel